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Strategic Leadership and Management Functions in Practice

Sara Wayne

Grand Canyon University: EAD-536

2/11/2020
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Having the opportunity to survey two different administrators outside of my mentor

principal helped provide some insight on what other administrators do within their position or

how they view different aspects of their job. Being able to have this opportunity helped me

understand leadership in another manner.

Survey

The following questions were sent two administrators other than my mentor to complete.

1. What do you perceive your job to be?

2. How do you recruit and retain quality staff each year?

3. How do you ensure school safety?

4. What types of resources have you used or would like to use within your school? How do

you plan for these resources?

5. What do you view as your most important contribution to the daily operations of your

school?

6. How do you reach out to all stakeholders of a school? What role do you have in

communicating to parents and the public?

7. What gets the majority of your attention during a typical school day or week?

8. What role do you have in ensuring all district, state, and federal policies and laws are

meet?

9. What are some ways you connect with the school community?

10. How do you develop plans for school improvement?

11. How do you build leadership within your school?

(Strategic Leadership and Management Functions, 2020.)

Summary Results
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Upon receiving the survey results back I was able to begin comparing and contrasting the

two different administrators. During my analysis, I was able to see how both administrators

mentioned that the school sends out weekly communication to all families while the teachers

send out their own weekly emails pertaining to their grade level and classroom. These emails

cover several critical areas for the entire school or grade level. Another similarity that both

administrators mentioned was how the majority of their attention during a typical school day or

week was managing student discipline. This is something that didn’t surprise me as there seems

to be an influx of behaviors occurring and teachers don’t always know how to handle it. Both

administrators mentioned that they make an effort to be present and visible to help with

connecting with the school community. Both administrators stated that their most important

contributions to the daily operations of their school depends on providing leadership in meeting

the needs of students, teachers, staff, and parents while observing the operations to ensure

fidelity. Lastly, both administrators mentioned that they provide opportunities for staff to lead

and get involved on campus with different projects or events while providing leadership

opportunities for those who have identified with wanting those opportunities.

While there were a lot of similarities there were also many differences between the two

administrators. One area that they had differing opinions was how they plan to recruit and retain

staff each year. One administrator mentioned working with Arizona teacher colleges to recruit

interns and student teachers and to participate in job fairs to recruit staff while the other

administrator mentioned they would look for staff that are able to function effectively in a direct

instruction and traditional model. In order to retain staff each year one administrator mentioned

how they value their teacher’s input and treat them as professional yet still ensuring that they are

being trained to meet their full potential. The other administrator mentioned how retaining
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quality staff requires the academic support by providing feedback and routine support to assist

teachers to help increase their abilities to be an effective teacher for all students. When looking at

what types of resources each administrator would like to incorporate one mentioned a student

resource officer and a school counselor while the other mentioned providing parents with

academic resources at a reduced rate to help enhance the programs the school already provides.

Obtaining a school counselor could be done through a new grant that provides funding for this

position.

Principal Priorities

In order for both of these administrators to uphold the vision and mission of their schools

they need to organize and implement a specific operations plan which begins with teachers and

students but translates into ensuring school safety. They understand that they need to establish

routines from addressing the various types of threats and issues a school may encounter through

training all staff to be diligent in their supervision and practice for student safety. When looking

at student safety this also translates into their role of being an instructional leader to create a

culture where learning and respect is valued. This cannot be done without being visible and

offering support to all students, teachers, staff, and parents. Majority of their days are spent in

SPED meetings, classroom observations, or handling student discipline situations. They have

many other tasks as an administrator, but their days become very busy with ensuring the school

is running smoothly and that all operations are being taken care of.

Leading with a Purpose

An administrator needs to lead with a purpose in mind and that is the success and safety

of the students. This cannot be done without the administrative team working together to ensure

that all policies and laws are met and supervising that implementation is occurring from
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curriculum to accommodations and modifications for special education students. They both have

the opportunity to lead with a purpose by making an effort to get into classes on a daily basis to

either impart some words of encouragement to the students or to simply check on the climate and

culture of the building. The more that they are able to show that they support everyone within the

school the more that it allows our schools to see that administration is present and there for

support.

This survey helped me understand the viewpoint of being an administrator from two

different administrators on how they can be at different aspects of their career or school locations

yet have similar viewpoints and opinions about running a school. School leaders are there to

support everyone within a school to the best of their abilities and this experience helped me see

how important different aspects of a school are managed.


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References

Strategic Leadership and Management Functions. (2020). Retrieved from

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPUkw8ynk_Y7YJjUse_hraLIJLf1cZ0iuE

GpRNjjS-3lGXrA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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